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Whole30® Approved: Loki Fish Co.

When we think of commercial Alaskan fishing, we see a dramatic “Deadliest Catch” scenario play out in our heads: dark, stormy skies, turbulent seas, and foul-mouthed men with long rugged beards.

However, we have been assured that this is not always the case. Meet our newest Whole30® Approved partner, Loki Fish Co.

Things We Love About Loki

It’s a family thing. Loki is a family-owned and operated business headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1979 by Pete Knutson and Hing Lau Ng, the company has grown to include the couple’s sons and even a few family friends. With two company boats – the Loki and the Njord – and in cooperation with two others, Loki’s crews harvest wild caught salmon and halibut from the waters of southeast Alaska and Puget Sound.

They give the ocean, and their catch, the utmost respect. While we believe that eating animal protein makes you healthier, we think it’s really important to raise and slaughter them ethically and with respect. So do the folks at Loki Fish Co. They only fish in areas certified as sustainably by the Marine Stewardship Council. All of their fish are wild-caught in their natural environments using size-appropriate gillnets. This helps minimize the amount of bycatch – unintended species caught – in the net. Once caught, the fish are handled with care, dressed on board the ship and quickly chilled to avoid long holding times and potentially unhealthy conditions for the fish (and you).

It’s all in the delivery. Loki’s salmon is directly marketed to stores and restaurants throughout the Northwest, and is available for purchase in their online store. They only sell the fish they catch, and the family is directly involved in every step of the marketing process to ensure that the highest quality standards are maintained.

The Whole30 Loki Salmon Store

Want to get your hands on some Loki salmon? We bet you do! Lucky for you (and us) they’ve created a Whole30 Approved section in their online store. Just head on over there and take your pick of gorgeous salmon products. (Robin’s kiddos really enjoyed the canned salmon with homemade mayo).

A Loki Fish Co. Recipe

Wondering what to do with those gorgeous salmon filets once you get them? Here’s a recipe Robin created for her first taste test. (It was also her first time ever cooking salmon. Can you believe that?)

Combine other ingredients in food processor or manual chopper and pulse (chop) until ground

Lay each filet skin-side down on a parchment covered baking pan

Brush with mayo mixture and press crust mixture onto each filet

Bake at 425 until cooked to desired temperature

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I hope that’s the case! I love salmon, I’m just trying to have a clearer picture of the source.

The page says “From a fishery certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council.” According to the Marine Stewardship Council’s website, a fishery could be a fish farm or a geographical location of fishing. So if you’re saying they don’t farm fish only wild-catch, then that’s good enough for me!

(Their website also lists the two areas they fish, but I don’t know enough about Alaska or fishing to find them in the list on the MSC website’s list of fisheries.)